Tampa Bay Rays Baltimore Orioles Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 13-11 Tampa Bay Rays are set to take on the 11-11 Baltimore Orioles at Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida today April 17, 2015, first pitch is scheduled 1:35 PM
Wagering Odds
Moneylines: Rays -110 / Orioles -110
O/U: 7.5 runs
Pitching Match Up
Tampa Bay: Nathan Karns (1-1, 4.76 ERA)
Baltimore: Wei-Yin Chen (0-1, 2.78 ERA)
In their last games: In Game 2 of this 3 game series yesterday the Orioles beat the Rays 4-0.
The Rays go into Baltimore for the 3rd game of a 3-game series. The 1-1 Nathan Karns goes for the Rays and the 0-1 Wei-Yin Chen goes for the Orioles. This game opens with both the Orioles and Rays at -110 with the line sitting at 7.5 runs. The Orioles have won 4 of their last 5 games and they have won 3 of 5 games facing the Rays this season. Their offense has been solid ranking 6th in the Majors in runs scored, but their pitching has struggled only ranking 27th in team ERA. However, in their last 3 games the staff has an ERA of 0.67. Tampa Bay had their 2-game winning streak snapped in their last game and they have been the opposite of the Orioles so far on the young season ranking 9th in team ERA and 22nd in runs scored. They have not scored more than 4 runs in their last 5 games where they have won 2 and lost 3.
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Tampa Bay at Baltimore Betting Trends
The Orioles are 4-1 in Chen’s last 5 home starts.
The Orioles are 4-1 in Chen’s last 5 home starts against the Rays.
The Rays won Game 1 of this series and the Orioles won Game 2.
This season the Orioles are 7-5 at home and the Rays 7-5 on the road.
STRAIGHT UP / OVER/UNDER / RUN LINE RECORDS
Tampa Bay Rays: 13-11 SU / O/U 10-14 / Run Line W/L 14-10
Baltimore Orioles: 11-11 SU / O/U 13-8 / Run Line W/L 10-12
Key Player Injuries
TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Brett 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 15-Day Disabled List
Nick Franklin 2B 15-Day Disabled List
John Jaso DH 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings OF Day-to-Day (knee)
Jake McGee P 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Moore P 60-Day Disabled List
C.J. Riefenhauser P 15-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Kirby Yates P 15-Day Disabled List
BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Ryan Flaherty 2B 15-Day Disabled List
J.J. Hardy SS 15-Day Disabled List
Jonathan Schoop 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Wieters C 15-Day Disabled List
Wesley Wright P 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Tampa Bay: 30%
Baltimore: 70%
Free MLB Pick
Wei-Yin Chen is still winless on the season, but in his last 3 starts he has an ERA of only 1.96 and is holding opponents to an average of .177 in his last 3 starts. He already faced the Rays this season where he gave up 3 earned runs in 4 innings of work and took a no decision in a 6-5 Baltimore win. He is 0-1 with an ERA of 4.68 in his last 5 starts facing Tampa Bay. Karns faced Yin-Chen earlier this season and had his worst start giving up 6 earned runs, including 4 in the first inning, in 5 innings. He has allowed 9 earner runs in 10 innings in his last 2 starts against the Orioles.
Karns and Yin-Chen are both pitching well as of late and even though Karns is coming off his shortest start of the season in his last outing he was solid only giving up 1 earned run in 5 innings. Chen will quiet the bats of the Rays in this game and they will win and take the series.
Take the ORIOLES
